I know it's a pocketknife butttt

[CoilyGirl]

I can't find any info on Central Shoe Company whose logo is on the knife so I can't date it. Anyone know anything bout this compny? Hope all of y'all are staying cool this Summer and digging tons of relics and coins.

 

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[sonofdust]

If you can get it clean enough to open you may find some info on the butt of the blade ?
Good Luck.

 

[angelito1]

Central Shoe Company is a Missouri Fictitious Name filed on June 8, 1933 . The company's filing status is listed as Fictitious Expired and its File Number is X00007410. The company's mailing address is 1600 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO .

 

[CoilyGirl]

Then I guess a kid got a fictitious pocket knife,lol! Thanks for the info Angelito.

 

[d2]

I think those were premiums when you bought a pair of shoes...d2

 

[Tony in SC]

d2 has it. It was probably a give away. My family ran a shoe business, and I still have a box of some of the old trinkets.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I have hits on a search but nothing is coming up but yes it was a giveaway advertising penknife. https://www.google.com/search?q=Cen...e&ie=UTF-8#q="Central+Shoe+Company"+penknife+

 

[releventchair]

My tablet is being disagreeable....but there are mentions of such a company around 1920.
Neat find. A personal item most guys would not want to lose.

the former central shoe company - Google Search

 

[nhbenz]

Well, they had a catalog: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1927-central-shoe-co-98-page-spring-456102680
And I find that they made "Robin Hood" kids shoes, which Buster Brown later took over (bought them out maybe?), and they were back in the day the official Girl Scouts shoes manufacturer.

 

[jeff of pa]

Definitely an advertising Premium.

Nothing to Connect it to Nashville

But Guessing 1920's to 30's

CENTRAL SHOE CO. v. CENTRAL SHOE CO., (D.Mass. 1932)
https://casetext.com/case/central-shoe-co-v-central-shoe-co


Who Knows, maybe even from the Mid Teens and handed out by one of the Trade Boosters at a show

Definitely a Cool Find !.


East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Or.), 14 Feb. 1921.


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The Jasper news. (Jasper, Mo.), 20 May 1915.


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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.), 23 April 1921.



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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.), 30 July 1921.



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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Or.), 22 May 1922.



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The New York herald. (New York, N.Y.), 30 Dec. 1922.

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[jeff of pa]

Closest Results for Tennessee: Central Shoe Hospital & Central shoe Store.
But not Exact Match. so very unlikely

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